Immigration

McHenry County Sheriff Robb Tadelman says state law limits his office’s ability to work with ICE on the mass deportations that President-elect Donald Trump has promised.

“People are very scared, very concerned, so we try to reassure them, at least,” Sylvia Acosta Chavez, executive director of the Spanish Community Center in Joliet, said in regards to the incoming Trump administrations deportation plans,

More Americans say immigration should be a top focus for the U.S. government in 2025

Suburban immigrants are bracing for mass deportations

The Joliet region has been a busy place in 2024, with a lot of business development, infrastructure projects and new housing coming in. But the region also saw some tragedy with a mass shooting and the death of a toddler from neglect and drugs.

Grundy County Sheriff Ken Briley said in the case of deportation, the Sheriff's Department wouldn't be allowed to aid ICE unless there's criminal activity involved

President-elect Donald Trump appears to be siding with Elon Musk and his other backers in the tech industry as a dispute over immigration visas has divided his supporters

Donald Trump has promised to undertake mass deportations

What might that mean for Kankakee County where 13% of its population is of Hispanic or Latino origin, based on U.S. Census Bureau’s estimates in 2023 is yet unknown

A Kansas official who’s an informal adviser to President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team on immigration issues doesn’t expect mass deportations to prompt arrests of migrants at sensitive locations such as schools and churches

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is set to take office in January with a promise of carrying out mass deportations, leaving Honduras and other Central American countries bracing for a potential influx of vulnerable migrants — a situation they are ill-prepared to handle

A federal judge has struck down a Biden administration policy that aimed to ease a path to citizenship for some undocumented immigrants who are married to U.S. citizens

Donald Trump has promised sweeping action in a second administration

Democratic U.S. Rep. Bill Foster of Naperville believes the most important issue of his reelection campaign is the threat to democracy posed by politicians who say things they know aren’t true

A review of Harris' work on immigration reveals a record that is more nuanced than the one presented by her critics or allies

U.S. arrests for illegally crossing the border from Mexico during July have plummeted to a new low for Joe Biden’s presidency, raising prospects a temporary ban on asylum may be lifted soon

Issues around illegal immigration were the focus of the second night of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee

Donald Trump was celebrated Tuesday at the Republican National Convention by former rivals who just months ago leveled harsh critiques about him

Preliminary federal government figures show the number of people arrested by Border Patrol agents fell by 25% since President Joe Biden announced new rules restricting asylum access two weeks ago

Hundreds of thousands of immigrants had reason to rejoice when President Joe Biden unveiled a highly expansive plan to extend legal status to spouses of U.S. citizens but, inevitably, some were left out

President Joe Biden is taking an expansive election year step to offer relief to potentially hundreds of thousands of immigrants without legal status in the U.S.

Leaders of the Group of Seven leading industrialized nations have turned their attention to migration on the second day of their summit

Several League of Women Voters groups are co-sponsoring a presentation on immigration from 7 to 8:30 p.m. June 19 at the Geneva Public Library, 227 S. Seventh St., Geneva.

President Joe Biden has ordered a halt to asylum processing at the U.S. border with Mexico when illegal entries reach a threshold deemed excessive

President Joe Biden has unveiled plans to enact immediate significant restrictions on migrants seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border as the White House tries to neutralize immigration as a political liability ahead of the November elections

The White House is telling lawmakers that President Joe Biden is preparing to sign off on an executive order that would shut down entries to the U.S.-Mexico border once the number of daily encounters hits 2,500 between ports of entry

A resolution that would have declared DeKalb County a non-sanctuary county for asylum seekers was voted down in a County Board committee meeting Monday after fervent opposition from the public.

The Biden administration is creating a new process aimed at cutting the time it takes to decide the fates of newly arrived migrants in immigration courts from years to roughly six months

The Biden administration plans to propose a new rule Thursday aimed at speeding up the asylum claims process for some migrants

Immigrant rights advocates on Friday continued to push for one of their top budget priorities: full funding for state-run health care programs that benefit noncitizens, regardless of their immigration status.

Presetation will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Joliet museum.

It appears there is little support on the Sandwich City Council for an effort by a group of residents to declare the city to be a nonsanctuary community for migrants.

One challenge stemming from the influx of migrants that some advocates say the state has not done enough to address is educating the children of those coming across the border.

Weeks after two high-profile resignations at the Illinois Prisoner Review Board, Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday appointed the first-ever executive director to help lead the beleaguered agency.

Millions of jobs that new immigrants have been filling in the United States appear to solve a riddle that has confounded economists for at least a year

With immigration shaping the elections that will decide control of Congress, Democrats are trying to outflank Republicans and convince voters they can address problems at the U.S. border with Mexico

Nearly 60% of those falling sick are children age 4 and younger, Chicago Department of Public Health records show. Three cases were reported in suburban Cook, Lake and Will counties; the rest involve Chicago residents.

Former President Donald Trump has further escalated his immigration rhetoric, baselessly accusing President Joe Biden of waging a “conspiracy to overthrow the United States of America” at the border as he campaigned ahead of next week’s Super Tuesday contests

Lee County Board members unanimously declared the county a “nonsanctuary county” at the board’s Feb. 22 meeting, backing a local resolution to not use taxpayer money for what they called the “immigration crisis.”

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is also proposing spending $10 million in state funds to buy Illinoisans’ past-due medical debt that’s been sent to collections.

Though Kane County officials devised a process to help transport asylum-seekers dropped off in Kane complete their destinations to Chicago, county board members will remain politically silent on the causes and solutions to the recent “rogue buses.”

Republicans in the Illinois Senate indicated Tuesday that their sticking point for budget negotiations this year will be the same as it was last year – state spending on programs for noncitizens and recent arrivals from the country’s southern border.

The state and Cook County announced Thursday a roughly $250 million plan to provide shelter, health care and other services for recently arrived migrants.

Authorities say arrests for illegal crossings on the U.S. border with Mexico fell by half in January from record highs in December to the third lowest month of Joe Biden’s presidency

DeKalb city leaders expressed support this week for exploring state grant opportunities which could help fund volunteer efforts to aid migrants seeking asylum should they arrive in town. Funding, if secured, could go toward food and shelter, among other needs.

Senate Republicans have blocked a bipartisan border package, scuttling months of negotiations between the two parties on legislation intended to cut down record numbers of illegal border crossings

President Joe Biden is urging Congress to “show some spine” and stand up to Donald Trump

Republicans expressed deep divisions on the border bill. During a 90-minute, closed-door meeting Monday evening, their discussion turned to shouting.

The Senate is pressing forward with a bipartisan proposal intended to clamp down on illegal border crossings, even though it faces a likely defeat in Congress

The proposal would overhaul the asylum system with faster and tougher enforcement, as well as give presidents new powers to immediately expel migrants if authorities become overwhelmed with the number of people applying for asylum